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‘Urea lite’ buffers cereal crops as El Niño confirmed

El Niño has officially arrived, and cereal crops with reduced access to still expensive urea seem well placed to deal with the reduced rainfall it might bring…Read More

Liz Wells, June 18, 2026

Property

Ongoing Qld land tax seen as stumbling block at Global AgInvesting

Last week’s Global AgInvesting event brought no mention of an end to Qld’s Land Tax Foreign Surcharge, which leading agents say is diminishing Qld’s appeal to investors…Read More

Linda Rowley, June 19, 2026

Markets

Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease as warehousing clock ticks

A consolidating start to the season has encouraged some northern growers to sell wheat into the easing market, while the south soaks up more rain. ..Read More

Liz Wells, June 18, 2026

News

ACCC, shareholders back MAM’s Qube acquisition

The ACCC will not oppose the proposal by a Macquarie Asset Management-led consortium to buy grain trader and handler and rail and logistics operator Qube…Read More

Grain Central, June 18, 2026

Research

GRDC project to unlock productivity in high P-fixing soils

A new GRDC project is aiming to improve strategies for managing high phosphorus-fixing soils, and is working with research partners in WA, SA and Vic…Read More

Grain Central, June 19, 2026

News

Mobile shiploader fills first cargoes in Esperance

Esperance Quality Grains has loaded its first two bulk cargoes using a mobile shiploader to broaden options for the region’s growers…Read More

Grain Central, June 18, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 19 June 2026

Thursday’s global market eases ahead of US long weekend. Firm Australian cash bid feels, for wheat, hard to sustain…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 19, 2026

News

Top-dressing demand peaks as urea squeeze sunsets

Ideally timed rain across almost all of Australia’s grainbelt has supercharged demand for urea as the global market shows signs of returning to normal…Read More

Liz Wells, June 17, 2026

News

Riverina hemp projects get $10M each from Fed Govt

Grain Central, June 17, 2026

News

Industry backs cost-recovery deferral but critical of fee increases

Grain Central, June 17, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 18 June 2026

Lachstock Consulting, June 18, 2026

News

SA, Vic crop establishment streets ahead of 2025: DAS

Grain Central, June 16, 2026

Markets

Brazil grain production records keep tumbling

Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia, June 16, 2026

Weather

BOM weekly rainfall update 16 June 2026 + outlook

Bureau of Meteorology, June 16, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 15 June 2026

Australia welcomes rain, Oklahoma harvest endures it. France cops untimely scorcher…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 15, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 16 June 2026

Wheat catches day-session buying streak. US-Iran deal hope tumbles oil, spikes equities. Aust grinds prices lower. ..Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 16, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 17 June 2026

Soft Red Winter weather risk dominates wheat market and hot France persists. Soybean builds big early day trading range. Crude books another down day…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 17, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 18 June 2026

China shopping chatter targets grains oilseeds amid turbulent macro and politics. Southern rain boosts Mallee crop and relaxes consumer forwards…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 18, 2026

Markets

Daily Market Wire 19 June 2026

Thursday’s global market eases ahead of US long weekend. Firm Australian cash bid feels, for wheat, hard to sustain…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 19, 2026

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

Aust. Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) - $/tonne of CO2 equiv.

Today

37.45

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.7014

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

20 Jun 2026 (updated 10am daily)

Company	Price	Trending
Elders	$8.96
Australian Agricultural Co	$1.52
Graincorp	$7.29
Ridley	$2.12
Woolworths	$36.64
Wellard	$0.06

Source: ASX

SOI Graph

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

Today

-14.14

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Wheat

APW1 delivered Melbourne

Last Week

344

Source: Lachstock Consulting

Barley

FB1 delivered Melbourne

Today

308

Canola

Spot delivered Melbourne

Today

742

Source: Lachstock Consulting

Sorghum

Sorghum track Newcastle

Today

360

Source: Lachstock Consulting

What readers are saying

WA plant to produce 2.3Mt of urea from mid-2027

So pleased to hear about this project. Will Perdaman be able to supply ALL of Australian agricultural needs or will we still need to import Urea? Also,....

Cherelyn Sellar

Australian Food & Fibre to absorb Altora Ag

I do hope this new company is going to look after our town, Temora as Altora Ag did. This was an amazing company that put the people first.... not....

Beth Firman

Work commences on Ballarat Intermodal Freight Hub

This is a disaster! A broad gauge freight terminal is no good to anybody if the grain has to come from lines only served by standard gauge! Containers can....

Jonathan Scutt

WA growers launch national grains levy survey

This survey is advocacy dressed up as research, and anyone tempted to treat its results as representative of Australian grain farmers should look carefully at the methodology before doing....

John Smith

ACCC, shareholders back MAM’s Qube acquisition

The ACCC will not oppose the proposal by a Macquarie Asset Management-led consortium to buy grain trader and handler and rail and logistics operator Qube…Read More

Grain Central, June 18, 2026

Mobile shiploader fills first cargoes in Esperance

Esperance Quality Grains has loaded its first two bulk cargoes using a mobile shiploader to broaden options for the region’s growers…Read More

Grain Central, June 18, 2026

Top-dressing demand peaks as urea squeeze sunsets

Ideally timed rain across almost all of Australia’s grainbelt has supercharged demand for urea as the global market shows signs of returning to normal…Read More

Liz Wells, June 17, 2026

Riverina hemp projects get $10M each from Fed Govt

Proposed hemp projects at Gundaline and Barham in the Riverina have each received $10M in Fed Govt funding. ..Read More

Grain Central, June 17, 2026

Weather

‘Urea lite’ buffers cereal crops as El Niño confirmed

El Niño has officially arrived, and cereal crops with reduced access to still expensive urea seem well placed to deal with the reduced rainfall it might bring…Read More

Liz Wells, June 18, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 16 June 2026 + outlook

WA got the best of the past week’s rain, and heaviest falls for the coming week are forecast for Vic, SA, with at least 10mm expected for the NSW and southern Qld grainbelts…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 16, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 9 June 2026 + outlook

Following rain in far south-eastern Australia’s cropping regions in the past week, falls are expected across all the nation’s winter-cropping regions in the coming week…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 9, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 2 June 2026 + outlook

Parts of the grainbelt stretching into southern Qld had significant rain in the past week, and falls for coming days are forecast for growing regions in all states bar Qld…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, June 2, 2026

Cropping

Innovation on display at Riverina’s WeedSmart Week

WeedSmart Week 2026 is set for August in the Riverina, and will cover aspects including how growers are coping with herbicide resistance in dryland and irrigated systems…Read More

Cindy Benjamin, WeedSmart, June 1, 2026

Corn crop sets new yield benchmark in northern Victoria

An irrigated Pioneer P0937 hydrid corn crop grown at Arcadia in northern Victoria has set a new Australian yield record of 23.78t/ha. ..Read More

Grain Central, May 18, 2026

NSW DPIRD scientists lead work tackling soil-borne diseases

GRDC funded research, undertaken by NSW DPIRD, targets soil-borne disease which accounts for half the disease losses in grain farming…Read More

Grain Central, May 7, 2026

Pickers power through high-quality cotton crop

Picking of Australia’s cotton crop seen at roughly 4.4M bales is progressing at pace, with yields mixed and lint quality high…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 27, 2026

Markets

Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease as warehousing clock ticks

A consolidating start to the season has encouraged some northern growers to sell wheat into the easing market, while the south soaks up more rain. ..Read More

Liz Wells, June 18, 2026

Daily Market Wire 19 June 2026

Thursday’s global market eases ahead of US long weekend. Firm Australian cash bid feels, for wheat, hard to sustain…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 19, 2026

Daily Market Wire 18 June 2026

China shopping chatter targets grains oilseeds amid turbulent macro and politics. Southern rain boosts Mallee crop and relaxes consumer forwards…Read More

Lachstock Consulting, June 18, 2026

Brazil grain production records keep tumbling

High planted area, and outstanding soybean yield prospects are propelling Brazil toward grain records again in 2026…Read More

Peter McMeekin, Grain Brokers Australia, June 16, 2026

Autonomous machinery use is increasing in agriculture, but cost and connectivity issues are limiting uptake and risking the future abilities of the Australian grains industry to keep pace globally…Read More

Grain Central, May 6, 2026